City safety & data profile

ElmontNY

Elmont, NY is a 33K-resident city in Nassau County with a median household income of $114,217.

Nassau County, New York. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Elmont, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Elmont has a population larger than 67% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $602,900.

Data updated 2026-09-03

33K
Population (place)
Top 33%
By size
$114,217
Median income (place)
$602,900
Median home (place)
5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Elmont

Elmont posts a median household income higher than 79% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 21%
by median income, US cities

Where Elmont income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$114,217 Top 21% higher than 79% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Elmont $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NY

Population among 197 NY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows New York City is the largest NY city on this list; Scarsdale leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NY

Median household income among the same 197-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Scarsdale posts the highest place-level median income in NY; New York City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Elmont, NY beyond the headline numbers

Elmont sits inside Nassau County, New York, at roughly 40.70°N, -73.71°W. Population 33,198, $114,217 median household income. Median home value $602,900, median rent $2,209. Poverty rate 5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5% of Elmont, NY residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Elmont costs around 5.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 6.6% of Elmont workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 47.6% in Elmont, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

13.5% of Elmont workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Elmont from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
33,198
Elmont · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$114,217
+28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$602,900
+46% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Nassau County): Elmont's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.4M+3%
Median Income
$146,202+50%
Median Home Value
$684,700+51%
Poverty Rate
5.4%-10%
Unemployment
4.8%-35%

Economics

Economics indicators for Elmont, NY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,209/mo
Poverty Rate
5% -60% vs avg
Unemployment 6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 32.6%
Work From Home 6.6%
Public Transit 13.5%

Population

White 13.4%
African American 38.8%
Asian 15.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
47.6%
High Blood Pressure
34.2%
Obesity
32.9%
Physical Inactivity
28%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.8%
Binge Drinking
13.3%
Diabetes
12.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
12%
Current Asthma
10.6%
Current Smoking
10%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.4%
Annual Checkup 82.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
5%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Elmont?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Elmont right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet NY-ELMONT · Elmont

Elmont: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Elmont

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Elmont.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Elmont; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New York state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Elmont, NY? ▼
Elmont, NY has a population of 33,198 people, located in Nassau County, New York.
What is the median household income in Elmont? ▼
The median household income in Elmont, NY is $114,217 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5%.
What is the median home value in Elmont? ▼
The median home value in Elmont, NY is $602,900. Median rent is $2,209/month.
What are the top health concerns in Elmont? ▼
The top health indicators in Elmont include Short Sleep Duration (47.6%), High Blood Pressure (34.2%), Obesity (32.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Elmont? ▼
The median age in Elmont, NY is 38.8 years. 32.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Elmont, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NY (5% here).

Lehi, UT 5% Tinley Park, IL 5% Roy, UT 5% Cooper City, FL 5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NY ($114,217 here).

St. Charles, IL $114,300 North Aurora, IL $114,305 Catonsville, MD $114,109 Murrieta, CA $114,081

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Elmont's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Elmont area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Nassau County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.